Watch: Mumbai police harass youngsters spending time at Gateway of India late night

HIGHLIGHTS

Police patrol harass youngsters spending time at Gateway of India at night.

Policemen abuse and manhandle them.

One of them posts video on Facebook to expose the atrocity.

Photo: Facebook video screengrab

HIGHLIGHTS

Police patrol harass youngsters spending time at Gateway of India at night.

Policemen abuse and manhandle them.

One of them posts video on Facebook to expose the atrocity.

As much as they are known for their efficiency, the police force in our country is marred by a history of police brutality. Over the years, there have been several instances of police brutality across cities. Just a few months ago, a video from Kandivali police station shows a group of belligerent policemen mercilessly thrashing a couple who merely approached to lodge a complain. The video went viral on social media.

Now, another instance of unwarranted use of power by Mumbai police has come up. But this time around, people who faced this misconduct from the police decided to speak up about it on social media.

Facebook user Anand Sachar posted a video narrating what his friends and him experienced on the wee hours of Sunday at the Gateway of India. At around 2 AM, Sachar and his friends were approached by a police patrol who forced them to leave. Things got ugly when the policemen started abusing and manhandling the group of friends for no rhyme or reason.

While the police went ahead hurling nasty abuses, none of them in the group retaliated. They sat in their car saying, "Such is the state of affairs in our country." In the post, Sachar who was infuriated by their brash behaviour, wrote, "Like they were in the mood to pick a fight, the cops picked on the statement. "Bhe****d, ch****a kya bol la? the senior cop shot back in an abuse-laced spurt. His first name was Jitendra, while the surname we couldn't read on the badge."

"You don't like country? You go to the Pakistan," he tells me. Why Pakistan? Because I wear a beard? Because he was in the mood to get communal?"

He concluded the post with a statement that probably resonates with not just those who have faced police brutality but the country on the whole.

'It remains a pity that instead of focusing on the abolishment of crimes in the city, the cops are busy harassing harmless citizens. In fact, it would appear, that they are finding new ways of making life difficult for the people of Mumbai. The drive we believed would bring us peace of mind had left us aghast. It had also left us feeling disgusted - that how there are a few cops who could spoil the lot, much like rotten apples!'

Anand managed to capture the incident on camera and posted the story on Facebook to expose the atrocity meted out by the police.

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